Optical and Crystalline Properties of Epitaxial-Lateral-Overgrown-GaN Using Tungsten Mask by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Hiroki Sone, Shingo Nambu, Yasutoshi Kawaguchi, Masahito Yamaguchi, Hideto Miyake, Kazumasa Hiramatsu, Yasushi Iyechika, Takayoshi Maeda, Nobuhiko Sawaki Nobuhiko Sawaki

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics · 1999 · 60 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

The epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) of GaN with a stripe tungsten (W) mask pattern is performed by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) and a buried structure of the W mask with a smooth surface is achieved for the stripe mask patterns of <1120> and <1100> direction. Optical and crystalline characteristics of the ELO-GaN are investigated by means of cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging and X-ray rocking curves (XRCs). It is found that the CL intensity at 133 K due to the near-band edge emission is stronger in the laterally overgrown region in comparison with that in the normal growth region. The φ-ω scan of XRCs reveals that the tilting of the c -axis is much smaller in the ELO-GaN grown with the W mask than that grown with an SiO 2 mask.

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